war art

It is in the spirit of yesterday’s post that addresses tsuba or samurai sword guards, today we go west young man and cover shotgun engravings. It is in our DNA to perpetrate war. It is also in our genes to adorned our weaponry and give it powers that it doesn’t really possess. Easy for me […]

This week we continue to look at war art. Conceptank.blogspot.com is a site devoted entirely to artists representations of tanks that might be built, or tanks one might see in a science fiction or alternate universe. I am drawn to this, simply because the little boy in me thinks it’s cool. . . . […]

This week we continue to look at the ornate and operose engravings that are carved into metal on weaponry. Today, we look at some beautful examples of engravings on mostly .45 caliber automatics. I couldn’t resist the engraved Mp5. And thou shalt take thy swords and beat them into ploughshares, and engrave hunting scenes upon […]

Tsuba are the swordguards on Samurai swords. They are small round slabs of metal, about four ounces at most. In the center is a long traingular slot that fits around the blade. The tusba themselves were ornate and beautiful and quite creative and forged from bronze or pewter or brass or steel. Just like the […]

There have been attachments one makes to augment the fists since antiquity. India has the Kattar. The Greeks wrapped their hands in cloth and spikes before Pancration contests. Street brawlers in England would wrap broken glass around their fists. Brass knuckles are misnamed. Most are actually steel. But F=ma. So increase the mass and you […]

I discovered these watercolors on a BBC website. These are the sketches of Matthew Cook, UK Soldier in Afghanistan, in 2009 Source: BBC Save Related Posts:Shotgun EngravingsConcept Tanks. Click To Enlarge.Engraved Handguns. Click to Enlarge.Tsuba.The A2 Bomber Jacket Was Often A Canvas II.

I used to work for Neil Leinwohl, a creative director/art director at Korey Kay in New York. In the ensuing years, I have discovered that he is far more than an advertising art director. He served in Vietnam with the 34th and 79th Engineers and was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg. […]

In 1804 Napolean Bonaparte declared himself Emperor of France, and immediately began a succession of massive wars and invasions and occupations that set a fire from Western Europe to Egypt. France needed easier access to the Mediterranean and Napolean felt Spain was an important country from which operate a fleet. Spain was ruled by a […]

Interesting depictions of the upcoming Russian/Japanese conflict which often relate to the attack on Port Arthur. Czar Nicholas II asked his cabinet to hire artists to begin painting racist depictions of the Japanese. These were printed and handed out in the streets of Russia, meant to appeal to a large working class and an illiterate […]

“A Sea Harrier jet used by the navy over Bosnia and an RAF Jaguar that saw active service during Desert Storm were today unveiled as the incongruous new art exhibits at Tate Britain‘s grand neo-classical Duveen sculpture galleries. The planes were installed by the artist Fiona Banner as part of the annual Duveens commission. One […]